"Almost every matter of the moment boils down to the same story: The Left’s urge to narrow the bounds of public discourse and insist that ‘conventional wisdom’ unknown to the world the day before yesterday is now as unquestionable as the laws of physics" – Mark Steyn

Monthly Archives: April 2012

In America the state has become the state religion and its catechism is taught in the public schools and the methods of the public schools have become unsound. The doctrine of “diversity,” for instance, which translates, “we are replacing your … Continue reading →

Well, I’d say he’s worse. Conrad Black sees FDR as a great hero, to whom he compares our President Nosferatu unfavorably. My comment from that thread: It’s only because I admire Mr. Black that I hesitate to point out that Pharaoh … Continue reading →

Yesterday the simpering busybodies on MSNBC were offering schoolgirl history about the “presidents club” and how sitting presidents reach out to former presidents for help. The funniest bit was about how Clinton and Nixon had a “special relationship.” I bet … Continue reading →

Debbie Wasserman Schultz could have made Richard Nixon seem like Johnny Carson. She has an anti-personality. And if you hooked her up to a polygraph the only time you’d get a spike would be if she slipped up and told … Continue reading →

It’s already old news. Last week an Ulster County grand jury refused to indict former New Paltz school board president Don Kerr on charges related to the U.S. Post Office handing him a package, which he signed for, containing eight pounds … Continue reading →

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The time is February 1969. The place is the Oval Office. Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger are alone, seated in chairs. A three-quarters empty bottle of Chivas Regal sits on a table between them. Nixon has been outpacing Kissinger by … Continue reading →

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Interesting. Barack is speaking to a “women’s forum” at the White House, rolling out the usual sophistries, but he’s wearing his Bill Clinton mask, complete with the biting the lower lip thing and the pregnant pauses. This is one of … Continue reading →

Muslim Brotherhood comes to the White House. The “Arab Spring” ends with radical Islamists moving to power in Egypt, being pushed hard by a faction that’s even more radical. Hope and Change meets foreign policy. We’ve come so far.

Pethokoukis quotes JPMorgan economist James Glassman: Under normal circumstances, there would be 153,000,000 jobs, including parttime jobs that people hold voluntarily. Currently, however, the number of full-time jobs and those who are holding part-time jobs voluntarily stand at 138,189,000.